Re: X.org <-----> Xfree

[Ralph Crongeyer <ralph@crongeyer.com>]

On Thursday 09 December 2004 07:48 am, Raymond A. Meijer wrote:
> On Thu 9 December 2004 14:15, Vinu Jacob wrote:
> > Anxiously awaiting inclusion of xorg to sid. (Hence awaiting a sarge
> > release as well ;-/)
>
> You could also use the packages from Ubuntu Linux.
>
> I added these lines to /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hoary main restricted universe
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty main restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty universe
> deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty-security main restricted
> deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ warty multiverse
>
> and I could install the following Ubuntu packages:
>
> libdmx1
> libfs6
> libx11-6
> libx11-dev
> libxau6
> libxaw8
> libxdmcp6
> libxinerama1
> libxkbfile1
> libxkbfile-dev
> libxkbui1
> libxss1
> libxxf86dga1
> libxxf86misc1
> libxxf86vm1
> lsb-base
> xbase-clients
> x-dev
> xdm
> xfonts-100dpi
> xfonts-100dpi-transcoded
> xfonts-75dpi
> xfonts-75dpi-transcoded
> xfonts-base
> xfonts-base-transcoded
> xfonts-cyrillic
> xfonts-scalable
> xfs
> xfwp
> xlibmesa-dri
> xlibmesa-gl
> xlibmesa-gl-dev
> xlibmesa-glu
> xlibmesa-glu-dev
> xlibs
> xlibs-data
> xlibs-dev
> xlibs-pic
> xlibs-static-dev
> xlibs-static-pic
> xmh
> xnest
> xorg-common
> xorg-driver-synaptics
> xserver-common
> xserver-xorg
> xspecs
> xterm
> xutils
> xvfb
> x-window-system
> x-window-system-core
>
> It works like a charm :)
>
> Your mileage my vary ;)
>
>
> Ray

Has anybody tried this on a SID install with XFree86 already installed?
Will it replace XFree86? Or do you need to uninstall XFree86 and then install 
xorg?

Thanks
Ralph

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